What is QuickFacts?

QuickFacts is an easy to use application that provides tables, maps, and charts of frequently requested statistics from many Census Bureau censuses, surveys, and programs. Profiles are available for the nation, all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and all counties. Cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more are also included.

What are the recommended browsers?

IE11+, Chrome, Firefox and Safari (Safari on MAC only)

How do I begin?

QuickFacts begins in TABLE view with data shown for the UNITED STATES. You can change to MAP view, CHART view, or the DASHBOARD view, that shows all three views at once.

How do I “Enter state, county, city, town, or zip code?”

Begin typing the name of the geography or zip code. After the second character, a list of choices will appear on the drop down. Locate and select your area by single-clicking the mouse or by using the up and down arrows and then pressing the Enter/Return key. The Enter/Return key may also be used if only one geography appears or your highlighted selection is at the top of the list. This becomes one of your selected geographies and is added to the TABLE in the first data column, moving UNITED STATES to the second data column.

Why are some cities, towns or zip codes missing in the dropdown menu?

Geographies with populations below 5,000 are not currently shown in QuickFacts. If you don’t see the area you are looking for, try checking in the American FactFinder data tool.

How do I “SELECT A FACT?”

Simply click on SELECT A FACT to show the dropdown list, which is grouped by topic. Scroll down to highlight the FACT you want and click on the FACT to select it. In addition, you can double click on the row of the FACT in the TABLE.

How do I narrow the results?

In TABLE view, click ALL TOPICS and select the topic you want. The table view will show only facts within that topic. To view all facts again, select ALL TOPICS.

In MAP view, you can further narrow results down to counties, county subdivisions, or places by selecting a geography color-coded circle and a small pop-up window appears with further area selections to view. For example, if your selected geography is a city, and you chose a city in that state on the map, you will have the option to Add this geography to your table, view at the United States level or view the counties in that state.

In CHART view, you can toggle between all geographies at the same level as your selected area or those you have selected by using the ‘Show selected locations’ checkbox.

In DASHBOARD view, you can narrow down only what facts are showing by using the ALL TOPICS dropdown, as indicated above.

In TABLE view, how many geographies can I see?

TABLE view allows six geographies in the table. To add additional geographies use the search box. As you add geographies, they are added to the TABLE in the first data column, moving other geographies to the next column to the right. If there are more than one geography present, you may delete any geography by clicking the icon. An orange circle on the TABLE icon indicates the total number of geographies currently selected. This is visible throughout the application above the data views.

In MAP view, how many geographies can I see? Can I zoom in and see data?

When you select the MAP view icon, you are given a choice from your selected geographies to view one on the map. Once you click on a geography, you will see your selected geography outlined in red and all geographies at the same level. For example, if you selected a county, you will see all the counties in that state.

Geographies with numeric fact values are placed in ascending order and distributed into five groups containing the same number of geographies. The geography groups are then shaded from yellow (lowest values) to green (highest values). The value range for these groups will depend on the fact and geographies that fall within the group. Geographies with non-numeric fact values and footnotes are shaded gray with each shade of gray assigned to a specific footnote.

You can hover your mouse over a geography to see the current selected fact’s value. Clicking on a geography opens an info window that overlays the map and gives you several options as well as displaying the current selected fact’s value. Within the info window you can:

Add or remove a geography to your selection.

Set the map to view different geographies. e.g. while viewing a state you have the option to view counties, places, etc., within a state. While viewing a county you can swap the map view to view places within the same state.

If the geography is one of the 48 contiguous states you can reset the map to view the entire US.

For Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico the option to have the map refocus on the associated location is available.

When viewing the entire US there are icons for Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico in the corners that allow you to focus the map directly on those locations. When the map focuses on one of these locations their associated icon changes to the 48 contiguous states an allows you to reset the map to view the entire US.

In CHART view, how many geographies can I see? Can I see data?

When you select he CHART view icon, you are given a choice to ‘View Selected Locations’ or choose one of the selected geographies. If you chose ‘View Selected Locations’, you will see a chart for all selected geographies. If you only have one geography selected, the chart will open with this geography along with all sibling geographies. For example, if you have selected a state, you will see all the states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Hover over or click on each bar in the CHART to see the actual data value.

In DASHBOARD view, how many geographies can I see?

DASHBOARD view is a combination of all three views.

When you select the DASHBOARD view icon, you are given a choice to create a dashboard for one of your selected geographies.

DASHBOARD’s TABLE shows fact data only for one selected geography.

On DASHBOARD’s TABLE you cannot add a geography.

DASHBOARD’s CHART shows data for the selected geography and all its siblings, same as the expanded CHART view. You can add and remove a selected geography from the dashboard chart. Selected Locations checkbox is not available on the DASHBOARD’s CHART.

The DASHBOARD’s MAP shows data for the selected geography and places at the same level, just as in the expanded MAP view.

Where can I get data for other levels of geography, like metropolitan areas?

While not available in QuickFacts profiles, there are a number of sources on census.gov for data about metropolitan areas.

How can I browse more datasets for my selected location?

Whenever you see an orange magnifying glass , click it for all the detailed links to other datasets.

Can I share data from QuickFacts?

Yes. The MORE menu item opens a popup where you have options to PRINT, download a CSV, EMAIL, EMBED, and post on TWITTER and FACEBOOK.

What do these icons mean and what happens when I click them?

Click for additional information such as Sources, Definitions, and sometimes Margins of Error, or More Information.

Click for all the detailed links to other sets of data about the respective geography.

Click to set the application to its default state. This will remove all selected geographies and begin a new search. Your prior searches and results will not be saved.

Click to open the popup for all the download and share options.

Click this icon to delete a geography.

Click this icon to add a geography.

What are the footnotes at the bottom of all QuickFacts pages?

Value Notes

 Estimates are not comparable to other geographic levels due to methodology differences that may exist between different data sources.

Some estimates presented here come from sample data, and thus have sampling errors that may render some apparent differences between geographies statistically indistinguishable. Click the Quick Info  icon to the left of each row in TABLE view to learn about sampling error.

The vintage year (e.g., V2018) refers to the final year of the series (2010 thru 2018). Different vintage years of estimates are not comparable.

-Either no or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest or upper interval of an open ended distribution.

QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.